Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Comprehension: Egyptian lady living in a caravan (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Dec 20, 2021
Welcome to a new post مرحبًا بكم في مدونة جديدة. The topic today is based on a short clip in Egyptian Arabic, produced by BBC Arabic بي بي سي العربية. The aim is to understand the gist of the clip by focusing on the main vocabulary used as well as some simple comprehension exercises. This…
Desserts With No Sugar حلويات بدون سكر Posted by yasmine on Dec 15, 2021
In last week’s post, we talked about قطع السكر cutting sugar and its health benefits. In this post, we have a dessert recipe بدون سكر. I found it on the Al-Jazeera website موقع الجزيرة by a Lebanese nutritionist اختصاصية تغذية and mother أم named علا أبو شقرا Ola Abu Shakra. كيك الموز ودبس التفاح🍌🍎 I…
Song: And my eyes are wide awake وعيوني سهارى Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Dec 13, 2021
Today’s post is about a song from Libyan Folklore. It’s called وَعْيُوني سَهًارى, which means ‘And my eyes are wide awake’. The version of the song we’re studying today is a ‘modernised’ version نُسْخَة حَدِيثَة of the older version of the song, which was performed by a Libyan singer, called Salaam Qadri سلام قدري. The…
Global Tales حكايات عالمية Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Dec 6, 2021
Welcome to a new post. Today, I’d like to share with you a unique theme song of an old TV cartoon show برنامج رسوم متحركة from my childhood. The cartoon is called “Global Tales” and it was released تم إصداره in Japan in 1979. It was then adapted and dubbed into Standard Arabic تمت…
قطع السكر Cutting Sugar Part One Posted by yasmine on Dec 1, 2021
In this post, I thought we’d talk about “sugar” السُّكَر, types of sugar أنواع السكر, and why we’ve been told it is healthy to quit “added sugar” السكر المضاف. I personally have been trying to cut sugar قطع السكر for the past few months. I was sugar free for a month, but then I visited…
7th pledge of Allegiance Anniversary ذكرى البيعة السابعة Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Nov 22, 2021
Two weeks ago, Saudis celebrated احتفل السعوديون بـ the 7th. anniversary الذكرى السابعة of the time when they first pledged تعهّدوا للمرة الأولى allegiance بالولاء to king Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud الملك سلمان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود back in November, 2014. His official ascension to the throne تولّيه الرسمي العرش took place in…
Saving the Dead Sea إنقاذ البحر الميت Posted by yasmine on Nov 17, 2021
I just spent a month back home in Amman, Jordan الأردن to visit family and had a wonderful time. It was during October when the weather is moderate معتدل and going to places like the Dead Sea البحر الميت where it gets extremely hot ًحار جدا during the summer, is very enjoyable ممتع جدا. Here…